This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on January 13, 2026.

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(00:30): Scott Adams has died
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46602102&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(01:56): AI generated music barred from Bandcamp
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46605490&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(03:22): Apple Creator Studio
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601157&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(04:48): Chromium Has Merged JpegXL
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46597927&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(06:14): Anthropic invests $1.5M in the Python Software Foundation
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601902&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(07:40): Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 visa requests
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46603535&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(09:07): Local Journalism Is How Democracy Shows Up Close to Home
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46600850&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(10:33): We can't have nice things because of AI scrapers
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46608840&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(11:59): Signal leaders warn agentic AI is an insecure, unreliable surveillance risk
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46605553&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

(13:25): Network of Scottish X accounts go dark amid Iran blackout
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599574&utm_source=wondercraft_ai

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January 13th, 2026 | Scott Adams has died

Hacker News Recap